Rug pad



Patented Mar. 22, 1927.

UNITE-D STATES 1,622,035 PATENT orr cs.

RICHARD HENDEL, 01? NEW non'non, oonnn'crldu r, nssienon 'r'o E w; sermon GAR- PET LINI'NG CORPORATION, or BROOKLYN, NEW YoRK.

RUG FAD} Application filed November 24', 1 924;

This invention relatesto a rug: and rug pad, and an objectof the invention is to provide' a novel, simple and improved rug pad adapted to'be associated with a rug in unique 5 and practical manner to enhance the qnali ties of the rug in use, as well as to protect the rug and thus lengthen the period for which: it can be useful and sightly.

A further object is toprovide a rug and rug pad of durable and economical construction, the rug pad being adapted to'be removably attached in novel manner to the under face of the rug, whereby any rug and the improved rug' pad can be combined or associated with each other to produce anew and useful: rug having advantageous features adapted to lengthen the natural period of sightly' life of arug as heretofore used with out the: improved rug; pad

With the above objects in View, as well as others which will appear asthe specification proceeds, the invention comprises the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as now to be fully described and as hereinafter to be specifically claimed, it being understood that the disclosure herein is merely illustrative and intended in no way in a limiting. sense, changes details of constructioir and arrangement of parts being permissible-solong as-within the spirit of the invention and the scope of the appended claims.

Inthe accompanying; drawing forming. a part of this 1 specification,-

Fig. 1: is a plan View of a-rug pad inv which the features of theinvention are incorporated;

1 is an enlarged sectional View on line; lv l in Fig, 1;

Fig.2 is a plan View ofa runo f slightly nz-iodiliefd form, 31501 having the features oil the invention;-

Fig; .2 is an enlarged-sectionalview on line 2 -2 'i1rFig; 2;

Fig: is; a plan VlGW of a rug padof a second slightly modified form and having the features ofthe invention;

3?" is an enlarged sectional View on line 33 in Fig 3:

Fig, 4: is enlarged fragmentary" sectional-viewas'on line in? Fig; 1,. disclosing a rug: rug pad and illustrating one manner in which these: can be associated or connected; and

Fig. 5 is a detail View showing the connectseriar at; 751,913.

ing members of the rug pad and rug, respectively, of Fig. l.

With respect to Figs; 1 and .1 of the drawing and the numerals oi reference thereon, 10 represents a layer or ply of cotton or the like having folded about it a piece of paper or the like 11, the edges of the paper and cotton being represented 1 2, and 1% representsstitch-ing, extending the length ofthe cotton 10 and paper 11, securing the end portions 15, as well as an intermediate portion 14, of the paper to the opposite faces of the cotton.- See'Fig. 1 Strips for padding purposes as just described are well known articles of commerce, the material for the strips being; made in single lengths, and desired lengths of the material being; cut oil from the material to provide: the strips. The result is that the end portions of the strips are unfinished consisting of the unfinished ends of the cotton 10' and paper 11.

In carryingout my inventionin one of its forms, I provide the side edges 12 of the paper 11 with binding material 16, which may be of paper and laps said side edges as more clearly disclosed in Fig. 1 and is securedadjacent said side edges, as by gluing, to the upper and lower faces of the strip. See numeral 17,;Fig'. 1 I also provide the unfinished end edges of the strip with binding material- 16 also of paper which laps said end edges in the same'manner that the side edges are lapped, and is secured" adjacent said; end edges to the upper and lower traces of the strip as at 17 in Fig. 1. As disclosed, the end binding material overlaps the side binding material, although this arrangement can be reversed.

Referring to Figs. 1, 1 4 and 5, numeral 18' denotes eyes or tabs secured to the top Ease of the strip made in the manner set forth. to constitute'one element of fastening means, and 1 9 denotes tongues; secured to the bottom face ot a rugQd V In Fig. 1 therea-re six eyes or tabs 18,. one at each corner of the strip, and two along the length thereof. Preferably, these tabs are attached tothe binding material 16. They may be. attached by stitching; 20, or otherwise. They may be metal or cloth. The tongues 19 are preterably metal. They may likewise be attached by stitching; 20,- or' otherwise.

All ot the eyes or tabs desirably have their lengths parallel. As shown they are arranged obliquely to the length of the rug pad, although they could be differently arranged. All of the tongues are likewise parallel and there is a tongue adapted to slide between each eye or tab and the rug pad. Clearly, to removably associate or connect the rug and rug pad, all that is necessary is to slide one relatively to the other so that the tongues enter the eyes or pass beneath the tabs. When assembled, the rug or rug pad cannot becomeaccidentally disassembled.

With respect to Figs. 2 and 2, I have here disclosed a plurality of strips arranged side by side and connected as by upper and lower connecting material or strips 21, which may be of paper. To connect the side edges of adjacent strips by means of the connecting material, said strips are preferably placed so that their side edges are contiguous, as denoted at 22, and the connecting material or strips 21 are glued or otherwise secured to the upper and lower faces of the rug pad strips as at 23. Clearly, the side edges of the adjacent strips can be slightly inter lapped when this is considered desirable, as when the cotton or like material has a thickness less at its side edges than at other locations of its body. The end edges of the connected strips in the present form of the invention are bound with binding material 16 of paper, .as in Fig. 1, the present material 16 enclosing the end portions of the connecting material or strips 21, but the side edges 12 of the paper of outermost strips of the rug pad are not bound. In the present form of the invention there are six eyes or tabs 18, there being three at each end upon the binding material 16.

In Figs. 3 and 3 I have disclosed rug pad strips each of which consists of a cloth covering 24 in addition to the cotton 10 and paper 11, the cloth covering being secured to the paper 11 and cotton 10 by the stitching 18. See Fig. 3 The binding material or strips 16 and the connecting material or strips 21 in the present form of the invention are also desirably of cloth, there being binding strips 16 about the whole margin after the fashion of the strips 16 of Fig. 1, and connecting strips 21 between adjacent rug pad strips after the fashion of Fig. 2. The cloth strips are preferably stitched to the rug pad strips the stitching being represented 25. The end binding strips 16 lap the end portions of the connecting strips 21 as before. There are eight eyes or tabs 18, three at each end of the rug pad strips, and two along the length thereof, all of the eyes or tabs being secured to the binding material 16.

It is to be understood that other modifications (not disclosed) may be adopted and used. For instance, the binding mate rial of Fig. 1 and the binding and connecting materials of Fig. 2 could all be of cloth, while other material could be substituted for the cloth of Fig. 3. The outermost rug pad strips of Fig. 2 could be provided with side edge binding material. The rug pad and rug could have connecting means placed in some manner different from that shown and of variant construction.

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. A rug pad consisting of a plurality of strips each composed of fibrous material having a covering, and connecting strips upon the opposite faces of the pad strips and securing the pad strips to each other with their adjacent edges contiguous, the connecting strips extending longitudinally of the pad strips and completely covering the adjacent edges of the pad strips.

2. A rug pad consisting of a plurality of strips each composed of fibrous'material having a covering, connecting strips of flexible material upon the opposite faces of the pad strips and securing the pad strips to each other with their adjacent edges contiguous, the flexible connecting strips extending longitudinally of the pad strips and completely covering the adjacent edges of the pad strips, and binding strips upon the opposite ends of the connected pad strips and enclosing the ends of the connecting strips.

3. A rug pad consisting of a plurality of strips each composed of a fibrous material having a covering, flexible connecting strips upon the opposite faces of said pad strips and securing the pad strips to each other with their adjacent edges contiguous, the

flexible connecting strips extending longitudinally of the pad strips and completely covering the adjacent edges of the pad strips, binding strips upon the opposite ends of said connected pad strips and enclosing the end portions of said connecting strips,

and binding strips upon the opposite side edges of the outermost of said pad strips.

4. A rug pad consisting of a plurality of strips each composed of a fibrous material having two coverings, including an mner paper covering, and an outer cloth covering, and connecting strips upon the opposite faces of said pad strips and securing the pad strips to each other with their 

